Director: Djibril Diop Mambéty
With: Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang, Christoph Colomb
Language: Wolof, Arabic, French. with English and Hebrew subtitles
Celebrating the 50th (+1) Anniversary of the Senegalese Masterpiece Touki Bouki (“Journey of the Hyena“)
As part of our sound program, we are delighted to screen this masterpiece of post-colonial cinematic modernism, influenced by both the French and Brazilian New Wave movements. With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a fractured portrait of the disenchantment of post independence Senegal in the early 1970s.
In this picaresque fantasy-drama, the disaffected young lovers Anta and Mory, fed up with Dakar, long to escape to the glamour and comforts they imagine France has to offer, but their plan is confounded by obstacles both practical and mystical. Alternately manic and meditative, Touki Bouki has an avant-garde sensibility characterized by vivid imagery, bleak humor, unconventional editing, and jagged soundscapes.
The film was restored in 2008 by The World Cinema Foundation at Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata in association with the family of Djibril Diop Mambéty. Restoration funding provided by Armani, Cartier, Qatar Airways and Qatar Museum Authority.
WARNING The film contains graphic scenes of animal violence that may be disturbing for some viewers.
The screening will be preceded by a short lecture by journalist and and expert on Africa, Uzi Dann.
Total duration of the event approx. 110 minutes